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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who famously “and foolishly refused to work with—or even to shake hands with—Gloria Steinem,” according to the author in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?
(a) Rosalind Einhorn.
(b) Betty Friedan.
(c) Madeleine Albright.
(d) Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.

2. In Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave,” the author describes what individual that was “finishing up at Stanford’s Institute of Design when she was offered the chance to start a company at the same time that she learned she was pregnant”?
(a) Mary Sue Coleman.
(b) Caroline O’Connor.
(c) Pattie Sellers.
(d) Reid Hoffman.

3. What childhood friend of the author’s does she say “looks back fondly on being pregnant, saying she has never felt so productive. She not only worked her usual hours as an attorney but organized her house and put five years of photos into albums,” in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?
(a) Elise Scheck.
(b) Meg Whitman.
(c) Jocelyn Goldfein.
(d) Mary Sue Coleman.

4. In what year was Geraldine Ferraro chosen as the first female vice presidential candidate representing a major American political party?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1988.

5. In a quote from Gloria Steinem in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All,” who is described as “the adversary of the women’s movement”?
(a) Mother Teresa.
(b) Superwoman.
(c) Eve.
(d) Sigmund Freud.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the secretary of the Treasury when Sheryl Sandberg began working there in 1996?

2. The author says in Chapter 10: “Let’s Start Talking About It” that in between her junior and senior years of high school, she worked as a page in D.C. for what congressman?

3. “Of the twenty-eight women who have served as CEOs of Fortune 500 companies,” how many were married, according to the author in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner”?

4. Who is the co-author of Getting to 50/50 whom the author says credited a compelling job for her decision to return to the workplace after childbirth in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?

5. The author states in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth” that “the upside of painful knowledge is so much greater than” what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is credited as approaching the gender gap well in his business dealings in Chapter 10: “Let’s Start Talking About It”?

2. What is the first step to moving forward past gender bias in the workplace, according to the author in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?

3. What does the author suggest one should ask oneself of “having it all” in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?

4. How does the author describe the term “queen bee” in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?

5. What does Sandberg say often creates a double standard and compels women to leave the workplace in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner”?

6. What is one example of the dangers of blindly following leaders that Sandberg describes in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?

7. Who does the author praise for embracing emotion in the workplace in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?

8. What did Sharon Proczter say of “having it all” in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?

9. What lesson does the author say she learned from her correspondence with Ray Kelly in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?

10. How does the author’s anecdote in the opening of Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave” relate to women’s relationship to their careers metaphorically?

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